文／Dr.J.J.

相信大家都一定吃過奶油，只要在一般室溫下，奶油就會開始軟化，更不用說把奶油放進嘴裡，不會融化才是奇怪哩。所以，如果有人行為舉止表現得好像自己跟發生的事情完全無關，一副道貌岸然或全然天真無辜的模樣，我們就可以如此形容：「好像連奶油都不會化在這人嘴裡似的（as if butter wouldn’t melt in someone’s mouth!）」。

Felix：This must be someone who knows our plan well enough! Who can it be?

Felix：這一定是對我們的計畫很瞭解的人！到底會是誰？

Grace：I’m also very puzzled. There are only 5 of us involved, after all. Besides Jamie and us, it can only be either Stacy or Edwin who has revealed our final decision to the management.

Grace：我也很困惑。畢竟就只有我們5個人知道。除了我們兩個跟Jamie，就只剩Stacy跟Edwin有可能洩漏我們的決定給主管。

Felix：No matter who it is, I feel so betrayed.

Felix:不管是誰做的，我都覺得被背叛了。

Grace：Exactly how I feel! I think it’s Edwin. He’s the only possible person who could have done this to us.

Grace：這正是我的感受。我想是Edwin做的。只有他有可能會做這樣的事。

Felix：Actually, it’s not what I heard. From the description, I believe it’s Stacy!

Felix：老實說，我聽到的不是這樣。從描述的情況看來，我相信是Stacy做的。

Grace：No way! She’s the one who kept saying that we should be careful.

Grace：不可能！她還一直叮嚀我們要小心一點的。

Felix：She looks as if butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth, but I’ve seen her talking to the manager a few times at his office. And immediately they stopped when seeing me.

Felix：她裝得好像天真無辜，不過我好幾次看到她在經理辦公室跟經理講話。而他們一看到我就不講了。

Grace：My God! This really hurts!

Grace：天啊！這真令人傷心！

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